The Sun. — London, England, 1808-03-16 00:00:00

r • Coss-examined by Lieut.-General WarrELocs.r. Q Quid we, consideril, g the circumstances, the na tar= or the ground. ,and th, 31,41 N or the troops, have marched 'ale greater rapidity, or arrived suoner,'without,distressing lee men ? A. I do not think we cent.' have ,marched to Reduelion honer without distressing the nem, although, perhaps,ithey have come to their ground soonerent each day's ithout distressing there, if we had not halted so freeAhtly Die each day's mereh.. . • !.2. Hitt I not repeatedly expressed my. apprehension ls to the lain setting in, and my an, iety .19 get,intP the viriniitqrs the !.ciwn,.nti put the men under cover • A. The Geteral freenently - expresSed his apprehenans of the rain setting in, and l it velte donbt he also expressed , his tee,iety.fo get the tnetr under cover in the vicinity of the. tee, although Ido itot partiodarly recollect it. Q. It their strength would have ellOWed them to press end e reach the vieinity of the town, could not the ,Coiernissariet have -precured a. pleotiful. supply for, tee . 'Thee &tom the-cattle taken in the country ? 1 A. Therceis no duubt but cattle might have been had* in ~ atielefaute, with preper precautions. EXamined by,the Court. Clene.ral Sir . 10ItN MOORP.-The:.question• which tbe Coen wishes . to know from an Officer ot; ; such , service and experience as Sir Samuel Auchmuty; and whose knowledge , 0 t tie resources of the country enables him to form an opt - and which we have rieleaVoitted to get from other %vet te ,es, but have not yet satisfactorily ; it appearing by your ieence that on the march of the army towards Buenos ies, the troops were every day much fatigued, %vete kept le der arms during the greater part of the day, without a re gular issue ot provisions, and yet they were tour. days in marching thirty miles, attended with all the inconvenience or a forced and rapid march without the main object of' get ting quickly forward; ,in your opinion might not it previous arrangement have been made-which would have enabled the army• Which landed on the eilth of June, tO have advanced in the morning by day.-light from the heights of liarragen, and leached soon afterwards, without serious incouvenicnee, the Pot of Redudion on the Ist etluly. A. I have no doubt but that arrangements might have been made, Wheel would have eeabled the troop ' s to have reached the heights shove Ilarragon on the 30th o t tune, and keduc. tion on the ist of ,July ; but ant very douoti di whether the --- . - cannon necesbary.Cottid have been brought up with the troops. The gunk came up on . the 2d, but they were long gettiog over the swamp between Ensenad I and the , heights, I doubt whether they would• have been ready to march on the 3oth. I • Q. In that case, might not the river have been 'reconnoitered In the course of that day, dad u disposition rriaae for. pas sng it on the 2d,•-.attd advancing to the bobtails ,of Buenos +lptes ? A. 1 have no doubt that arrangement - might have'been made lot the troops, but not:tor the artillery. '1711.• advance corps marched on the 2ith ;. there might have teen titneenough to reconnoitre the river nt the ist, and the army might have been in readiness to march front thence - to Redudion on the 2d, but not with the principal. part of the artillery. Q. What. pr,,portion ut artillery had the main body with thent un.thcir ina,..11 to the hCights above Buenos Ayres ? . A. At fist I st.w atierwartli there were one or two pikes with the 4clvinict,l guard, V• was the mean pt . ,. portioo of the artillery belonging to Abe army left behind wan Colonel Mahon at RedUCtion, or did it accompany - the artily oh the id . ? A. It did 110 at.compatty the ;amy on the 2rl. Q: Did , the ineOliVellielit:Cs )Utt have stated on the' march arise from uecestty, ur from the nature of the arrange& 'ltems ? A. Much inconvenience arose from the nature of the court try we marched 'through ; other inconveniences arose from war4tot regular provisions, and tram frequent halts, which brought tne men aq Lau to their ground, and the necessity' ol~witi,:h 1 dui nut sec The evening before the attack, G , ..,neral White . leck e ' shunted the witness the plan of attack, and asked, his opinion upon the subje,ct.. Witness said t thonght it would stieceed, but it appeared to hit:4l to be completelpa new case, and that he did not remeinber ito have heard of. a situilar plan of at. Waness objeat'..d , to the order lor making no prisoner 4, Gmeral -Whiteloeite said he would leave 4,Ut. General Whiteltieke never stated to the witness the precise plan on . which he intended to 4a, but ..;es olletleci from various conversations, that the General meant to place his main b6dy at the auti extend ti't - )in thence to the shipping, erasure against the town as eircum., mantes to fight' require. . . • Briade-Illajor tiocuE sworn: and examined. . s Q, Did you at any time oo the 3d July go into ll'e t.,wn l 'A Iluenos Ayres .w it It a flag ot truce ? State un what ocCll.' 4ion 1A)11 %vent and what passed. • ' A. About on the 31 I receiver) , a message 4 ront C.nvral Coale( tO come to his quarters. • tie told me that I was to go into the WWII neuttenes Ayres at as 4 • the next morning, with a flag of truce, to summon the t wit to surrenderto the British o !ailment. gaVetra; written instructions totake with the, and I puiceeded into the tu%vlt, according W or.ier:;, with these instructions • In nbealenCe to the General's orders, I was on .hoisenack at d ' w ith a Cotporal.of the ritit Ligin lira , oons, carrying a tray of truce,randit 7l'kutispeter. 1 asked the General's permission 30 take with me a Spanish ()Meer, that no tithe mil;ht be liist lit finding the ne ar e st w a y i n to the town ; but in passing the Pritish out-pasts, the Field.olrieer ‘ontnianitilig Allender( that j should take a party ut the ritte.corps with me, lid I •accordingly took one officer and 12 privates.. We pro ceeded with. Some: difficulty, hot I penetrated .icon,itterahle *!,vily trim m e re4n before I war stop',)ett. After same Fonsi. merabletiel a y, (.lerteral Elio, the Spauish General, second in command, came 'to met and on mAitigknoWnteihiiii the order I had the honbur to convey, he situ I could not see 'nen' Liniera on any act:a int ; but that it 1 had any corn- Tunication to make from the English General,- he would coavey into him. I told him I nad the honour to carry pro. l'F's.tla for the surrender ot' the town. He conversed in Spa nish with a ;;rest deal of animation, and said that they pus. seised sufficient strength and spirit 'to detend the town. But : 1 it "`)mire to Inc ot 'great anportanee it possible to coin en‘e s.mie negotiation, I endeavoured 10 draw him into it; out the only thin li e I n - ern to was, that" should re ,NVOU to • "I) ( teneral, in order t !Mt tie might make such cont. lihunication as - he thought proper in wilting. Upon this `.;turtted atal ai.i.iii;iinted General Gower. tie immediately 4 21 N e r v o t. h: a letter, wilienl carried track. General Elio would. Ah r „L i l i 7 me. enter into. the articulars of my, instruetions, ;hate to repr esent to ,hint our force, &c. 4 tveitt IT 141 you advanced into the, town Muni you returv e .ell' ' 1 Cov'%era le tt e r , and what passed.—A. 1 L. tic.4 lv to 'king pa rticular oc curred het w e •• 34 thespot, and nut French noi • the and the Spanish °dicer (who was lle'ter in S i ia nish service) to whom I delivered the • r tinnerstoo,l General was not in Buenos was time... I ;did not see General Elio, and the let leerYitt , delivered man Aid (te.vainp. Tile town appeared to all d t ' L4 ` ll g r "t Coati: non, the whole MI 0106,1:14I' waited tik, brought the-Intsvver to that letter, ter Ivolt:it ; waited near -ait hour and a halt . , during which time they aid very littl e tesl)ii, to the tlag,ot ttut.e, and bur 15F:the title corps I :nil sure I could not have got back. • 9 flow hug were' you when you went Into the town . the fast tittle ? A-- A Intl hour: the conversation I had with lelleral Elio [MO have lasted about half anituur. I saw ceveral officers with him, and endeavoitic to imprest upon is mind the ttru - ion t dI t - t f o llow ur th er hos. tilus 'r°° t 4 e - • he aiti-dc.eampr seemed pat zietilarly tiesirous CO aro what the Spanish toss .was in Oh: of the night I ' 4l ote, which I tot& care not to diminish.: but I hint, with truth, that there weN eleven gtio;: . taken, and that they u4 ci lost a conside ra bl e number of *men in !tilled Al a wa ti n o- ed. I 2 Did you see any , and whit prerslta Cons for the defence 7, s tlie town —.A. Tile louses were *II hartieattoeal and Ottt t c l i Vp 0011 the 04101 C poptitittion allloo., 143 WV no All' ..elcriptions peoOle, - men .md buys, vete arinett. I vered.the answer, and.Cottimunicated - every thing had ob- Served. • i qutenant-Colonel • Nuontsir called. and Examined Q. -,_.', - 4: the Court. ,- , , . Were any sympioim ot (llNColltent. SIB:WWII tir= rvgi ant --- un(4cr your Curnill4ll4l 00 Like :El 01 . tuly. —A. No, mock the inverse. . ' .. ' • S. .' . .., Major - -,Goz. J . I .tivEsom G(:).y•-.2B called, and .4,ca -4 .r. . mined liy . t fte - Judo -ritltweqe. ..• Lb t • .' , - a n c iuDoE ADVOCAlli..—flaying alrea,ty Infzra the Oral 't seednu- charges, be s . 1- • t • tt- d trY the third anti o Oot AS 0 4 ,Il fourth.. .. - • The thi r d •and fou 'tit (21*-rges were tl - .41 re.id to 14fajor-Gnis.. Owen, ,„,Q Major.C eneral Gower will continue hismariail-. 1 / 4 .: frow '/` llll Period whin it WA* blViiCil %Ali 1141110 Y, trued th‘t,Ot, . . . ..,. . • • ..r•'.• - ' , . . of the 4thjujy,te ..the ,signetur6 of die treaty.-»A. I rnet Li"kenant ' General' Whi" " ke accordin g " ro ' hi3 ° l' dci. s '" ! a reinforeemerit of artillery-men ? • A t er am not sure:whet bp I ert, 'When he delivered Sir Samuel- . Anchinuty's request foi after six . O'clook in the morning of the elt, on the Ccral ; de hliserare. At the time - apPoeted, I heard - him o,uer • ; a ot ,t, , cannot state the whole of it..„ , 1., din or not. - At this distance of titne, and having no note f:aptain Frazer to open the cannoned ; leemained without -re - At What hour was arty part cuter order being given to meattitil, it Was nearly wt;ii eu ot.e ) _ that report received ley. General A. I believe aboi*t two o'clock. three Dining that period I heard Lieuteriant-General White- j Q._ Dui you hear enough of the report to enable youto locke gi'Ve circlers to his, lean Aid-de Camps relatiVo to some state wh e th e r Sir Samuel Ad.:.lirrtuty's request was Confined • .of the divisions of the tr rips ; but the se orders n o t havi ng to obtaining a reinfereement• of artillerymen, or whether it : been par - Ocularly directed 6, one, I, cannot exactly state what extended to otherpoints ? -A,. I did not. I have stated all ' they were.. About mid-clay I heardliimdired Capt•Whitting- that !.know positively on that subject. ,haul to the left, and communicate with some of the divisions ' Q. With whet escort did Captain Whit tingham . proeeed to .of the army, 'A her a' lapse of some time, - Cimtain'Whit- Plaza del Toros, and What were the difficulties he expert- i tingliam returned, and I heard hinestate as part.of the report, • eneed i n g o ing or renarningeroin thence ? -A, He had S ime that Sir Samuel Aellenity wished adetechment ot' artillery . dr4goons.• The number ,I do not know ; not having been to be sere t o him, I re ert iv e d'G er i. whie e l oc k e e; directions i with him,. 1 cannot state what occurred in the execution 'of to. provi,le that 'party, When. reridy; with sonic of the fire- thie•duty.' - ' • '!' , r - locks winch hart; ;been, - captured •in the action of the ad, the I ' Qe.liad',General Whitelockeany, and what information of i artillery.men haying only swords. , The=y' %Yelo then marched J the dider e nt columns of the army, - previous to his leaving , tinder the command of servant . IdAmit t i i n, of the 17th tita.. the Coral, .and returning to his•quarters nn • the night of the goons, whe halt accompanied Capt. Whitt ineham to - the Plate its e aeA, 1 beard him givo orders friati ye to thp dismounted da Toros. At night, ;Lieut.-Gen. Whiteiceke ordered that alt . cavalry that were in .the tr nt, w hie ti e coo carried. by. his the etaff-ollicers who were assembled at tliteplate, where I . Aid-Lk-Camp, consequently I suppose lie ha:', communica was, should go down with him to his quarters :we hill so; tiara with them. Ex,e..let that - and the one - described by Cap. and remained there till day-light the next morning.' Settle -( taii i Whittinghem l e- know of no other at:that period. - turtle afterwards, .1 heard General Whiteiocke order Captain • . Q, es the Collet then ti, understand that General WititC WM ttiligham. to proceed to the right, and try to open acorn. locke bah i ecciVect or) WM:I3II , M le:ipelllpg any of these co munication both with the right columns of attack and With - . liiinns.of his arnly,'ckaged in the attack'. previous to key.' those troops . who had been left over the Chuck., Lieut.- ; inn{ the Coral and returning to his (platters on the night of the Gett. a.ke and the officers who were with him soon- sti le With the exception of that from. Sir Samuel Aeltaltity afterwards went up to Coral. At dam period of the fore. 1 aunt Captain Whittingliain ?-A': I linciV of no other than nom!, Serjeant Hamilton, of the fedi regiment,arrived with ; that which I have. stated. 'elm& which l•saw him deliver to General Whiteiocke : tie' ' -Q. State ?the Neer when Serjeent ilatripton, of the 17th gave it to.Capteun squire, and ordered him- to read it, and, :'Light Dragoons, brotight a Leiter traits tne Spanish, coinl. secondly to me with, the same order. It was in Spanish, and, i humid' to-General Wititelocke, and by what mourn the Ser. , to the best of my. recollection, signed by Gen,' Linters. I am . ' geant becamepossessed of the Letter ?-A. Between eleven :"not perfeelly master of the Spanish language, but I think ! and twelve o'clock, 1 underetoed the 'Letter had been sent 'I understand it sufficiently to be able to state, that it contain._ i out with ei ilae of truce to the. Plaza etc! Toros, and that it eti generally a description of the eac.l produeed by the at- , wai terwerded from theuce by SiT S minuet A uctimuty: • tack of the preceding clay, and to it was added a proposal ; , [here a Copy of the Letter Il'as phi:LA:V(I and 'read, as fol. ter the cessation Of hostilities,_ and for the cemmenceauent of ! lows :- a ereaty, in which he propose d to give up all the prisoners of ` it stet-With the same sentiments of humanity. which has war in his possession, it the lisitisit troops wuulA evacuate profeseelly guided you, 1 beg leave to state that, front the cc-- the river I'l "tie. I have to state that this is front recollection cur fence of the last•evening, i ant folly *in:cid:tinted with your purely, as I-0n1y:444w the letter once at that 'period, and 1 , believe ir,contained more. G enera l Whit e l ec ke soon alter- force.:. I have taken eight officers', too° mean /Inn have killed : nieuy more. "e u save therefore any ro t -ti te r oil atom of blued, _ wards informed tile, that he nucleic:l to consider that letter, i !sieve to ( aerie your Lxcelleney, that you elle!l re-embark by .saying that lie w ou ld cernlnu i l L ate with th e Admiral : with the rentaiott:r of your army, leevine Monte Video in oer upon the subject, and lie was pleased to risk me whether I • passession, and we will return all tile prisoners now taken, thought that was a proper answer.• I answered, that I did and those which were Pettier detained. If these proposals not e . because it appeared to inc . that that was 4 tacit a e . - are not Agreed to, 1 Cannot answer fer the safely or the pri knowledgment that he liiinse!l was willini; to enter in- sorters, so initch are the peeple, incensed against the English. to the .treaty if the Admiral was. I did nut suppose lie , I t ak e t hi s t apportwitty Of Mentioning that three of my Aid. would take such a measure till he had personally investi- de“.7arripi 'have been., wounded, I teed this by an English gated the :act, and had by hie own onseivation tail;) , tiiii, ere ascertained what further means of atte‘::k ' reiriaiinifi in , 1 his power. lie then said, diet it would at teest be desirable : ' 'Q, At what' hour on the 6th was the letter sent from Ce. 'to gain a little , time ; I answered, that. could be obtained by • . nerat Whiteloeke..by his A ',Leto-Camp, Capt. Browne, pro. 1 a propue.il tor a cessatimi .01 hostilities for an hour or two,' , posing to the Spanish (.;teieral a cessation of hostilities ?- 1 to collect the woinaled who were dispersed, or for any ether - A. About i a o'e luck . 1 '' Buenos Ayres, 5 o.cluicSkii(:,l,ett) cause of that descripiion Which eotild nut Materially ailed' • . ' (Itete the lettdr was pot in anti read.), the general operations- He direded• use •to sketch a letter i', to Ilse cited, which I aid inintediately e -- and delivered it.-, e SI R-I have to acknowledge toe receipt of your letter, He said the 'statements were not rounded in fait; wh ~ en e and vott do ire but justice in believing lily sentiments in the read it, arid lie rejected it alttigether. He' then du:eh:a I , --; i '. •- i- rum .i t ," „ t t h e ea;6 l , and' the • Lieut.:runt. Colonel Bourke, die. QuartereMeiter.General, , Cause lat nalltAltay . . rum fete 1-.. LI - , . led, .1 ehoulti propeseet truce for twenty to write all :Wawa: . : when thet was dame,, fie disapproved of mat ; l ' ) . f' 4 " `' 7 ` - ' un - - • - - it as well as of thine. Ile then Again called for die original e , four hours, toe !ince tie tomato . as they now . stiand. As to one, whichl delivered, and he ordered 'Lieutenant- ColOnel surrendering, as tile .art now is, it la quite Opt or all 'il , Di isomers: ]have to lament 'Pourers to mike. sonic alteration.. 1 t was copied by hint, ' q ul ,' ti°ll ' l'''';ng takes! so m any . and I elieve sent into the town by 'Capt. Browne, General , yeller reithde:C.Orip's hem,. wournied ; but these. a:c casual-. Whitt iocke's Aid-d • earn") Licut -Gen.; tViiitelOcke then t• • . i , tit3whiChl are unavoidable; and J have to remark to you in ordered Col Bourke to remain in die eorithiand of the troops -,,/,' v ' ; return that toy Aid -de. Camp was tired at the whole of the • (Sigriva) •-• •"V/ HI t'ELOCK E." Avnich were in the vicinity on the Cotal, with some orders ' ---' ' • also _tar thusu under Colonel Ataloir, witenever-they might Q. At what hour did General Whiteiocke reach the Plaza arrive, anti went immediately Withal! the 6tlier Staff Officers - del-Toros ? With whit escort did •he go? And did he meet . to the elaea de Toros. When arrived At the ph...za tie . t . otos, with any e and What iiiilieuliiee on his wee: .thither? -A.About, he ordered int to gtb uttd iIIaNCI Lou. orthesnee generally which or a little b;-:ore, One o'ClUcit. there WeiC, I t hink, two enc.- b a d b een c Aii t utc j, an t i t o tie upon such spotS as l , thought poun‘teri, wnts their emnpien:tit or artillery, sent to Cover most desir. k olefoi netieriee, he his future cuieeCleratiii. Lwas " theta, and •tt portion 'Qt tite ninth dragoons disinotinted. some time OCCnini.• l / 4 t upotittlittnutY s . and returned to him stating ' There was a little ;t r ine te e ni beheld tile houses during,the. 1 conceived the best place tor te battery of cannuo ' it it did n o t, march, rant it waS not Pt . cr;iistitico,:a. Ido not remember exceed tie; pietas, was mond the ;w i lding that had been cc- an). other slitfuti;ty. . etipied 144 t ll.' bull-tights:' heat tilC mortar- bettery was to be Q. Having stared as viii argument against further-hostilities, Placed with its lett ; digit: ~overert s ) , tr i o s .fflo po l eang. li g In.il. in OW regal or Rut:110 AyreS, having surtentlered on the islijtva me, if I thought there was notch prob.b.lity o: success Bili; the rememing troops =et he uneble to contraltl ouch a in a re-attack i I stated, that wen:ewe:re tint itWe mean:, and IliAss of isia..nitantri, aid: to 'retain alit puints necessary to he. ' i sh 4 nut think . either would see:et:eel ' The one. by e e :Mt oceupied, state whether, in your opittiont the natural and int. e had bcch tried with only partial Sout.ess t the seeoed ;If a u n t . itexhate consequeuees et . surrender would not, have been the berdment, even %Ore ilw MOillla in our . power to the eutteet , ritsarining ef tee inhaettants, and the establidtment of a tuili• vette', would, in my bptniuti, ,produce very little. elie , "-t tart' Pelle, so efficient and vigorous as to have prevented the • upbo a town of so immense a 41ze as 'Buenos Ayres, the 'owlet:, ',ion of en unarmed neoplc ? And whether tholiberel butlthugs of which were.eikeltt•llly tricornOirotiole. Tiiat and Kind tre s atnient gr,joi4eti in his, MitjeSt) l 3 inStrtititollil e there was but one British t wenty-iour poundee Landed, and would luti s t Att4etiet alt entera of men to the Btitish Go. tllek a large et. , portiOn of the captured 'guns were spiked, ' vollflltlit f —A. Frain the immense extent of Ituends Ayres. Or unlit for service. ti i tite dew that were nt, tie humber of I believe it would have been impossible 'to prevent the con. , auY considerable calibre Was very sal tli ; that having seen rho • • Cea imam of time greater pruportion of the erase which Were in Indio% ellect picelueed by. t weety.toirr von iiders on the nooses the hands 04 the ininioitants. I believe the edbet of a riO hurl i of ,Violite Vasco, I was- convinced that teems iat . . a lighter ‘4.. pollee w m would Italie been trifling, ;is I a sure that no real 1- librc would produce mile or none ag"anisr hOusos'eoNtruciett. goba int r illation could have berms (Attained which could have an similar materials, ana ilea; I); ob a SllTiliar Runner with given ' nude e nact t o the iihmsure4 ot that police. lam Conti. tin= at NlOnto Video. 1 11,0Notrer, 515/ea it as my up . inien, dein iie cotaluce. however iaeutious, just, ur humane it might Irvin the rough catintete weicti l had been.. able ;o toren of II u , been, tetnifti iIaVC Cakis6l the wilabitintS tit that coun. tile toss, that the finnin,:i or troops rerniiiiiing, even were the try to renite i niite the power of attacking the British soldiers, Spanish General dispos-21 to . g iv e u p Bu enos Ay res .without wheliever they might neon:lined tens sa ; ;alit Lum confirm .a; Wither struggle, were by no means adequate, or nearly, so, eti to it front the unanimous opinion which all the Spallierdi to 4;01111 . 5W such a mass of armed' inheyii ante, 'and to hold Whorn 1 ever spoke 'to had given both of General Beresford sect) polets 'as were ;Absolutely necessary ter the support of ; and Sir Samuel; Aueitintity in their respettive' commands t • the .hritisli army. Soon atter this, Liemenant,lieneral. : and that; iris an au:fat:tined tact, that the people of Buenos . W bitelockeentortned me,. that he had sent to General Letters: Ayres had prepei int mines mailer the barracks or the 7151. tee. • to say.' that. he would eider me into toe town to Collltollill... r i;111lealt : and 1114 ill) ettacninent or good will on the part of rate with him Oa the subjeet of his letter. I attended Lictee the people-on the other side the river had been shewn to the tellant General Whitt:lock e some tittle afterwards to it:eared - • , (i,overnmeot muter Sir Simnel Atichinuty, though the people his orders, ailti he tove mu .1 Variety tit verbal' outs relativeto. :•oriUtittistationsexpressiril s .iii :the str ngest terms possible, the points which I • was IQ discuss twit Genera l I,i ll i er „ l .. J tioW much they were. initelned to Generals Berestiad and requested a detailed Written rider .on the subject, bet lie . A ucinoury for dieir triudet.ttiononc; jilStiCe in their respective wutdd not give Itao me. I believe. that it was about .three t commandi. 7 ' ' U l f:lSA:it when 1 went with ii tiag of truce into the town. - • Q., M , ijor-Licacral Goiver will Mate as nearly as ha can the . . . — ' cal Q i . edTn i it li tJe s c t ' 44 o t ni d ini t t l t i tilit i t i risvt i v e e r e e n c (ti t l i e l L"t ta W nc l e tite S iac hi k -I ; orders which he received ?•-A. I believe. i;ley . wili• presently' anti yoereelf during the , etit of I lily , :topear very diettnelly. 'lshere I met Generel Leiters' and did, or cite! not these eitettuutailees ari se from any thing General Whitelocke sent eoille of his peincipel nffleers. I asked LientenaitteGeortot or tint ? e-A. 'Utley arose from:) tveat Gen. Whitelocke had slid. Q. State then ivltat these !limes were which Gen. Wh' te- Whitelo‘ke when he .delivered the orders to me, whether 'i. . was to abide absolutely by the points he had ellen-dotted, whethetewithwit losing eight of them, 1 might propose three; . or kicke had said which ceuseil belittle communication between the. ahem), iriemieit in their s it u ll i t t l ea ln i ti l l e y o o i n i - a ti s i; e se citi ard in COrnniand ? -A. Having cop e point upon winch my opinion dif. ' or four other conditions, that it' demands, 1 might, without receding from frier orders, have ! . e'vti front h:15.. it warm he demanded it, Ile s iid I was throw.. ig cold water upon every thine he did ; but that he would something CO concede for any c o n ce s sions t h e y m i g h t ma ke on their psrt. ' The terms %Ouch lie had proposed, a, cl which ! pyretic to the test by a question, which was, wheedle! ) ail he said he would not recede from•in any cosisitlerable degree, hie :eta as tut 0 ser er, n that country, were not good . t 1 end to which 1 was to, lily particular attention, were 9, . , repheddiai the ititiri in that my situation prevented me troth possessiuu ut Monte, Video in euvereignty during the period presiiming to give All 0 1 1.1111011 of a Lieittenant.G eneral hold. trig s Comin t eeion AS COinntiander in Chief. lie then said he of tour months, and that a district eomPrelloarted within ; conered rue his declared , arid he'would suer. ' line drawn trout St. Carlos on the ev V eet to aud%) on the east, setie si irei intu th eit SitUatioll l enem Pitt y d as a that StatfOffice p r in that should best nsidered s's a neutrai country: that theSpeilianie Army. After A reprimand so severe, I did not think myself ettould deliver up all prieonere or wet . in tiieir Voseeseion: filet at liberty to proposeany thing,. or to ae.l in any way, but hi there should cc no attempt ro preveot the introduttion of obedience to eilltill commands as I should receive. • supplies itttO hlontcVidea dui ing that period of near tionerns; .I S2 I 0 . t w i. he . n . 4.4 this conversation take place ?-eA. 'On the that time British troops should embark to whatever point they should select ; svithin ten days, with all their c;atirion ; ain't 7,, stares, ere. any such , 1 they .tied taken (ram the . e h etny that_ spoke r t k , • , b it u e t r i e v i ll at a i t v4 tir t te s ? u - th A m . ai l i t ing iVa t t e llt t t o ll w e il la . erioc l i t ,4 * ha a t s ht: they might chest: to carry with them ; that during the obove- answer to a question upon that eubject. Ido , not• recolle4t mentioned period of tour months, the cootinerce tat the Bri. e ur. ' ; • • . tish merchants in the River Plata was to be perfectly tree th ho Q. Have you, or have you not anything further to add in in every part of it:'. Thc additionel ptopositions Which A answer to tins question te-A. There was another part of the intended to make, and which I submitted to . Lieutenant. i conversation which I considered private.. It . was reiipettling focireral Whittflo4C, and wilici, l! .I, l o4 , 2 PP r° " ti l ',"'''t t i he e sc- i - the opinion of a Minister of this country as to myselt, which mire in sovereignty of . e consiiterabte part of toe ici'l .31,4 Ido not think necessary to state. ', • • el tine Itiver 1 . 1.,:tu and thiretliat country and: the' River eta ': to should be considered as neutral during the • reillaiteler /it: . - , Questioned by the Court. the wear. I di4l convetse. wilt Celli:cal .I.inietS upon (etch ot • Q General Woitdoeke having been 'informed that the these subjeet4 s;lo4ra:ell', and on-one or two WiliC ll ' h ,, Puilkc'b - enemy intended to defend the town by barricading the Streets, et', but front wifieti lie receded. V indillg thit there ,vas ne l and o ectipyihg the tops of thellousee do you know what in= • probability or his agreeing to the additional pr..p•asit tort, I rd-‘a''uced General Whiteiocke to artist the swops to march with ' 4:eticd a:tt:r some. time also -from that, and c o i iliii;:d myself •usamtticd arms f-A. Ido not. • entirely to those points relative to which I lia-ti [4:O-.fiVql Q. Do you knew what number of tools were allotted to special directions• t.ite in the eve:Mile I tetureett to the Plete the troops fur teicine open the houses, and breaking down tie Toros, having taken notes on each at the 'sithicets- tinder 1 t i l e barr i eadoes in the streets?-A. 1 do not. I think they were ttis , :os,;iosi, arid erti two additional subjeete which' Genera! Li- ' distributed by the Quartet-MasterAieneral, Lieut.-Colonel him: had proposed, and which, as I did not fluid that they,. B our k e. inil it :ted :reams'. any thing lit the former orders, I was' Wenn- ' / 2 . At th e o i - fl oc: R ot. mi tt i tig ho n b roug ht the m a ssa g e ed to eutnitit is .Lietit.eGeneral Whaelcicke. • That he might from Sir Samuel Auchinuty, - Was it under consideration be. • cleeri y uritiereieed them, I, train the notee whiciai had, chew tva, t en Gen.Wititclocke.and yourself; whether either of you out a' paper, in the lora, of articles, whiali t delivered to shonitt.go to Sir §4lll 11.1e1 Auchniuty's pest , anti judge on the ' I:leen:won- t; ended WhiteloCke.; On tit:: , subsequent 'day, spot whether it would be atiViSable to ive further assistance between eleveo and twelve o'clock,' Admiral, NI tirray having to that corps ? - A.' Not that I cad recollect. Conde on short : , Lieurenarit,Get.:eral ‘Vhirelocke informed me, .., , , ,-, • • . iii :t it was their intention to agree to a treaty' founded on the ' 91:estotne ty Ltra kiATI-ICART. le ~,le ie e a ry et. apositions which l. hail chllivereil to hini the Q. Was ~ - i ,.-,‘: any, artd whatTeriod of the ith of-I uly, at 1 )1, A il g i i i A lit. "Oi l tit'd twer , eeditt4 day, Lieutenant-(.:one- , Willa_ tile pe4illuti of Gen.. Whitelocke nught . have been rat i liiteith, , xe ordervtl tie to prepare it. treaty, which he chatigOd to advantage i;-A. I thipk. it might, atter the middle 1,,,:1i 1,1:11Ver0.4 to in . :. With tilOte p1'(,)110t;1tiZ)11 OW 1 had ors- .or the day, tor by going to the Igaia del Tunis, although it fiVi ; ee l i e ratie,,ied ; 1 iiiif so, Jae!. aesw ei ed - th a t it %vas in sub= would have increased the . distance troin this light. column,. .terra:theeame. I helieve en , -rite it) ti• (I itCnt nloriiin-:, the and-colonel Mellon, it would hasd all nuied a possibility ot etii, (3tioeia: Littiri . ocgito to delivizr .sticit . portions ,o.ii i e I ta.iiiimanicating by weter.., . , . . prieuttere ...ts , coiiiii ii owe, anal a s th eir ~v re in 11ue11 , ..s ...yri.. 52. Hayn Oie en your opintrin that the bombardment of rt.t the :lame time i wceived t;enerid whitein...keie oaterS 10 M: town wiffild not have any eltedt, state your Miliaria for .. eolnirl9oeri'e 3 "‘l C c" U P"' ll `.' . 7 ' it;' C-L4)tain 'llaytltutt , of the such; a Supposition, :and whether it erase trout - an experiment austere ; 4 , the . re, eiremiltaeten 01 the tm , 01m-6 - oa t'+,. a 1 0 .:a de I made with a twenty-four pouteier on the houses of Monte ,l'elOS. r . ,. fit -••-••cr vice I,ohttnined l e he ea t oi eye e t ei the Vitteo?-----A. 1 believe . ! did not say' that it would have no l'ilelit el tee n tee, - Wit - ::.If %vita - completed. : . . ai:t-l• I think I said, 'no considerable c*a. TO the feet M e y er _ G iftwea teG t . str i ll ices . .again , y_.„.,/e„,a .rr -. I - ''t . I he. 9licatfutr, from an experiment made et Monte Video, 1 seer yes, tit 'a great deer el ' ' . • Q. !)id you heurtho Whble of Captain W4iiinir4ll4lll'site-1 . Q 4 Vifeali yo u it ' er i u g : i n ' te d, o n the eat:4,l4lg of the 6titt of _.. . . . • tit y, that - 111; Mtn - liral hats ernbst rit erl the Itt•aNty ti acly Rif" I:tt drag, ard that thcgtni 7 boats td,,qtr e r 14n0,. t .w I -A. A ft..l ,drriveti at the ka. , l I saw 'tic. gun-h4at:, close in sh 14, IJo net know of any ot-her ordo,,iu a Teltfy to Lind, ex...trot the pia! ,24.p0i1,,,ter Which 1 saw on th:hehcll. It was landed tinder cover bf tht high ground of the Plitaii dci Tu. ,i,,t Want any a > sist.un:e.or4olrerl,lpht the Q. Havntg ocen iidiutoett,• ; atitt inromatlott t tie t thqt tit.; &a' roots w e re (JCL; il,iccl, to t he ? ,1c it Atitioyanet of the rrop i ,s, wily was nit anr atiempr itl..oe ; at the 4.):n. Mencement the,attack, tout tire to ILL: or was it ever soggestett I—A. 1 believe it would be nitiN-stble to fire to hous:34 constructed as tnei;c gie. r- - Q. kV4$ Gelicra! Wpiteio,:keactitiaintcd r.'ith the - situatioll of Colonel NitiinWseorin at the ti;tie he it.o . ,e,t to open a treaty With the Spanish Ckner.ll t- A. I ant 114 :SLIM I think he was Q. IVii3t* was the distance from the.Plia3 dcl Toros to lb. vyater-sideovhere me 24 Riukider was 14tht;:d ; alut not then a cootritunicattuo from the. I'l.a ort” , with the shore ? -A. About 300 yards. Tic curninurticatio4 there was principally open., ~~ Brigadier-General Sir StimunL Aucu3lUTT Sir SAMUEL Aucustury.-lictore the appointed hour :or the attack, I visited the tiili eeu tiivisitms of my. brigade; • and found them posted as tt eetet the eYe nog betr)rte fly t,i4' uarter-Mitster-Gctier4l.. I..tian touk isey -station ou the right wing of the 87 It, the .centre regiinat,ot my brigade,- Having been directed to detacti the 38th regiment, which wa the only corps that was not divided, oft the signal being male of a cannonading from, the ce, re, we advanced any , opposition between one and. two in lest There were iwO streets between the left wink and the 37t1i rekiiftent, Load tht Phiza del Toros. I consetitiently expected to le.tre considerably to my left. 'I he day had not sudiejo - itly dawn. cd to see any objects at a dtst,oice, nor lead t.n...)t heel, hied at us till we Vkle suddenly ass.olited by a discharge olgraptt from one or two guns (ilia latter I bdu:ve) its our trout... Though the tire was extremely drstruttive, particularly on the grenadiers, the column pushed on: and tetwa a heavy tire of musketry opened, upose ie train a ing, which I afterwards imintt was the i'Liz4 del To.. ros, and which contained abriut a Ihuoso;.4l trim the t.el mutt reinaneed tor souse time exposed to' this destroui iV advance. The sear of thee eniimni now a tiring, which made the situation of those in front more datigerOus. At length it began to ivivet and fid I back, At this moment Lieut.-Colonel butler, with the other ut tVnotti behaved with the utmost g , :bintry, exerted themselves to stop the teen, and to induce theta in follow Inc in-an attempt to get into a garden on the right of the street, iq which they succeeded, and we penetrated hap the next Nrtlivi s street ro the right of the one we lead left. in ittivaneuti4 :dung tiles street, we ihun a deep tYittel.eUttrie romping ttir.rtigh 111 V centre of it, which toftttnately sieciser. et era Item', the the of the P laza dci, Toros, which. was still very 'wavy. i , his sheet led us to the river, where we occupied a large house, and col leCiett the remains of my coluituis as well the kit eejuipek of the right, which lead aLu been !lie nont of Me Yiazx del l l oros s And which hunt equally, it r.cit more severely, - than my right, And behaved with ciji.al gallantry, having been obliged to . ptmce rh. seethe cows*. $ and to join .us. Luting the s4vice the regitnehts number, Of the meaty, cud took ascot libett cot with three field pieces. I now. sew. the coiours trt the SIC) regiment planted on the tower td St. Cataiiita, which IP•iv ins Inc secure use my right, 1 sent dr:Nein:a parties to any rs,:tr to clear the houses on the heights Wili‘it the Coe 4iay were tiring trout, and lolled down iipoo city ptisL. Juritart this service, 1 heard a tiring out city lett, tvhich cotivineed rail that the 23th regiment was `approaching ; asat soon utter wards the heights cis my rear were eV.l.4l.llett by th‘:.Clieni.Y• A communicauitri with the 3 tst reottelit was now pi .r.tt cable. I found that gallant and highly 4:4 tier Major N tigent,, welt 0 4v:weed to the oi talc 1' lose. When t )(Ailed them he was ice possession yl must 01 tile end my's artillery, anti eat Cheer stores iiiid.buildipks, except the Toros itself, wfirch stilt kept up Cl }Key heavy tire 4 Irut leas. jor Nugent hid brought up a twolve.p,hiiitter, w;ticit sheltered by the angle of a house, to .bear clo;;vU1H111 It. ? 'detachment of use 57th invested it oh the other rides. Folding 'that the place must immediately stirresicier, used desiroti, that Major Nugent should have the honour oi g what : nu had so jUbleiutt4ty begun, seed alltiot. o.k.inilne occupiers by the its, 1 lett the town littruethat,;ly and about nine o'clock it surrendered, on which I is:tttii,..‘t ;hid ordered the qt.1.11:0 it. Atter IttaitillK lee, least) g I mews, 1 ittOCCettVit through the Str,cts to the. eUtpie I ,•: are • . . . • • Catalina, tutd joined the right woo; ot the On, '1 ,e:t • wing of that corps was adVinieed Utz.: Sitil. s,!o_t_t termy : arrival, officer calve to Lumley', acquainting toe that incow:lly ~eto rlt tot,c him; that the left wing of ) L.IV-,1.1, Its ;h:I,C , CLt, toe , the right wing, were matte' prisoners, stal fu; was (lesifoila . C; receiving any orders intglit give, I ito. , olorh.othil to . 4 he had not orders to the'coniraiy from his superior uithi.er,' TO"' remain at his post as long as lie Luitict %Vttil S.ll4:ty ti hard pressed, to tall back on the stet, to 0. li,.nt 1 shoStil .10a, orders to place themselves under his ,oitintocd. ac. quaintest the conunancling otticer of the ;111 toat I shoo tit re. turn to the Toros, to Out that place in a state of and Should General luinley join hint tools, rile .3 id t, , to the General that 1 Wished the two regiments, tt );,tot pre sets by the enemy, and in danger of being surrounded, to join rue at the Plaza del Toros, delaying us lung as possiole ;hal, might have, time to notke arrangements tor its , Se(Aility. fOUltd some dilliculty in mon:log to the Toros, scat ered par. ties Of the enemy being in the streets, and nriog !ruin the' honscs. burly in the forenooo General Loantley fumed to with the sth and 30th,having met withinuch opposition Irons the enemy,. in *ntro% from the posts they occupied and r which were considered as no longer tenable. Ditring all this tone I was ignorant ot the station or in. tentiona of the General, nor could venture weds safety, sal had no cavalry, to detach a small party to leppit to .itad I even known his station. At length:, abArt four o'cltrelt,' Captain Whittingliam cone to =4min liead.quarters r., liar acquainted mothat the General in Chief: and t;enend Guyon' Were at the ground they before occupied ; that the Gent:far was ignorant of the situation of any ot the columns,' and tall' sent hint to procure what informatioit he cuold. tailing to him thevectirrences of the day as tat as I WAS atitt:ftt quainted with them, I desired him to assure the (eiree,il that 1 was under no apprehensions tor the safety of the post;, that 1 had opened a communicatioo with the Shipping, Ont. that Was in want of an artillery officer, and some men .of that,. corps. 1 recommended to hint, it the eyeitts cal :1W right 6.t the town permitted, to juin me, and make my post iii s quarters. Early in the evening I received a secoi.d mtertsuger from the General, directing `me loticrend the po s t t hou% Mise r night, assuring me that he would icoMitioincete with site iii"e% next morning, and informing me that lie had,seitt siXieeit - aP tilleryinen to ioin use, but that there was no coonnissionett, olficer attached to these amen. The oust morni n g a lettia, from Genetal hiniers, addressed to.tne. Commander of td forces, was teemed at the °OUT sts, and a message good that Geoeral, acquainting me that he hostilities till twelve o'clock, waiting the Gem:sotss ail s w et , , provided these hostilities ceased at tit, tittferclit posts. l ply info, mod Ishuuld send this letter with a ti,tg or ro,Cen. Whitelocke, and should abstain from tiring ota the town, provided I should renlata unmelested ; Uut that I 11,1 no authority' over the other patts of theur soy.. liy noun Ge-' neral Whitelocke and Genenit Gowtr cause to the • Plaza cIA ?ores, when the General was o:ascii to show me the con.. munication from General Linier, and confiderittaliy au may opinion about acceding to the rerins it reposed. vl..en I reflected on the unpleasant situation..in winch the indict/ was placed: that all the light iniantry and riflemen west prisoners; that upwards of :Lair the-ttOulls originally eitga i l,ed, Were nook either killed, wounded, or pris on e rs , sa.t.:i Ut the 45th, who were shpt up. by the enemy ; that the teinalii' der was fatigued, without confidence; and exposed' to t;t: Most inclement Seasonal . the year, yithout - Oats, or a ultanga ot licc%lsore*, wireth at stn.ti a row: trio st bt. prodUctive of great sickness : I retteehil'tine' rho scattered state of the troops, and the prothibility that Lokitiel i'llahoit's regiment, the only unattained ornin,ii.oei.l part of' the army or the troops lett on the Miserare, by She rat, might be spiritedly attacked by the whole torte of tart enetny ; when t adverted, to the dittkulty of psocuring (4,h. -Pence stores, and' prov!sions from the neer, ita now.: to toe ships could approach within seven ~ilea of tilt shore, mind the river at that, season so very tuniult.tous, and frequett:. not navigable ; when I conittlemd lose which we must inevitably sustain it hostilities teconithelit.ed, stool a pciopic elated with their brilliant t) oi bui store; im Of destroying the town with our futfilery (lot rite all built of brick, whit terraced roots, no wood titiipto )c o in their conitruelion, and the brides so Solt, that the shot penetrated Will:out. shaking them) ;•..wl4 - 11 I ittivettal t,, tiie difficulty of snaking a retreat, and that we must leave tour thousand of Our best troops ire their posi.esstuti; and to;_ the clanger that must succeed even the cepterc ot the place, for our numbers would then have peen totally unable Wks:qv it 4 when I turned to the situation in which Monte' Video - wits left, with a garrison unequal to maintatil Li,- without adverr• log at alt to the inhabitants; without any hopes of a 10 4 . forcemertt, (ter the troops witi‘h were expected Irony land were supposed to have borne away tor the West-14. dies) • when I weighed ail theta - Circumstances, knit 141'. 4024:41 tbAt Monte Video taiditl 4./14 be Maiiiitalitlitt